Elephant Dung #9: Christie challenges Palin to go unscripted

John Dingell (D-MI) blames Palin, GOP for rhetoric leading to AZ shooting. Flashback: Dingell links tea party to KKK, called rad
Curiously, Dingell said:"I saw the district of Gabrielle Giffords has a crosshairs put on it. As a lifetime rifleman and shooter, I know what crosshairs signify when you put them on somebody and I know what happened.Is he talking about Palin or Daily Kos? The liberal Daily Kos put a bullseye on Giffords in 2008 (via HillBuzz): More from Henry Payne at The Michigan View: Dingell just accused Palin as an accessory to Murder? Yawn.Dingell had previewed his comments Monday when he toured the Detroit...

What Americans Need to Do Now, After the Shooting and Tragedy In Arizona
This week President Obama helped the nation mourn in Tucson. Today let's celebrate American Democracy and the freedoms we enjoy and not let a nut with a gun in any way interfere with a full-throated, passionate dialogue that is as American as apple pie. For in order for Democracy to thrive it's imperative that we resist the impulse to tell opinionated people who are exercising Political Speech that its their fault for inciting deranged people from acting out their darkest fantasies. On the contr...

Rampage prompts political maneuvering (AP)
WASHINGTON – Democrats, Republicans and independent groups across the ideological spectrum are seeking political profit from the shooting rampage that left six dead and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded, often moderating their Rhetoric in pursuit of their goals. Often, but not always. Two days after shootings, the conservative Tea Party Express issued a Fundraising appeal that said accused gunman Jared Loughner's actions in the months leading to the shooting were "more consistent w...

Michael Steele loses bid for re-election as RNC chair
Michael Steele is out as RNC chairman. Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, unseated Steele in Friday's vote among GOP memebers and will be taking over the number one spot on the Republican National Committee. Steele withdrew his name from consideration after the fourth round of voting after he realized he had little chance of winning another term. Priebus has aligned himself with the Tea Party movement, which Republicans credit with their recent takeover of the House of Represe...

Rampage prompts political maneuvering
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats, Republicans and independent groups across the ideological spectrum are seeking political profit from the shooting rampage that left six dead and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded, often moderating their Rhetoric in pursuit of their goals. Often, but not always. Two days after shootings, the conservative Tea Party Express issued a Fundraising appeal that said accused gunman Jared Loughner’s actions in the months leading to the shooting were “mo...

Christie to keynote NRCC
Washington (CNN) - New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie will headline the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual Fundraising dinner in March, the group announced Friday. In a statement, NRCC Chair Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said, "Governor Christie has become a highly regarded Republican since winning his gubernatorial race in 2009, and we are excited that he will be joining us in March. With his credentials and experience, his address will be of great value to our supporters as ...

N.J. governor to headline NRC dinner
Baltimore -- House Republicans have tapped New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to serve as the headliner for their annual spring fund-raising dinner, continuing to raise the national profile of the tough-talking prosecutor-turned-governor. The National Republican Congressional Committee will announce later Friday that Christie will deliver the Keynote Speech at the committee's annual spring gala, scheduled for March 30 at the National Building Museum. "Governor Christie has become a high...

Sarah Palin hired to give speech at gun convention
Palin had a map on her website that featured Rep. Giffords named as a target. Giffords state of Arizona was depicted under the crosshairs of a gun sight. Palin was also recently criticized for killing a moose with a rifle on her television show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Sarah Palin blamed for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting Dead birds, Oil Spills, Climate Change and Corruption: Prophesy or coincidence? Examiner.com is looking for writers, photographers, and videographers to join the fastest ...

Palin to speak at gun convention
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Safari Club International (SCI) gun convention on Jan. 29. According to the organization's Web site, the event is sold out. News of the Speech comes a little less than a week after the Mass Shooting in Tucson that left federal judge John Roll, 9-year old Christina Green and four others dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 12 others wounded. A graphic featuring the image of crosshairs over Gifford...

Is Sarah Palin Ready for Prime Time?
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned by saying nasty things about Sarah Palin. My excuse is the same as Flip Wilson’s favorite character, Geraldine, who said The Devil made her do it. On Monday, Palin will be interviewed and asked to explain herself for her latest social network tidbit that tweaked a few liberals the wrong way. Something about blood letting: hers by libelous political pundits. Sean Hannity will conduct the interview after winning a bidding war with his fellow anchor per...

Huckabee Plans Trip to Alaska
The Huffington Post reports: WASHINGTON — Move over Sarah Palin, the mythic land of Alaska is getting some attention from another would-be Republican contender. If former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee hopes to win the GOP nomination in 2012, he’s going to have to woo some of Palin’s fans, so he’s made a logical move. He’s starring in a weeklong “Christian-based” cruise along the Alaskan coast this summer. Alaskan cruises are already famous in the rec...

Progressive European media tell truth about Arizona shooting
They made every effort to hide the truth – similar to the Catholic Church covering up thousandfold Child Abuse. For years the ruling classes within the Racist rat hole of Arizona ignored the rightful rebellion of the angry young Comrade Jared Lee Loughner being severely suppressed by structures of fascism and patriarchy throughout the years. Also being denied sexual liberation Comrade Loughner began obiding his own laws and acquired spiritual ammunition for his struggle against...

Analysis: Palin isn't retreating, she's reloading (The Christian Science Monitor)
Say one thing for Sarah Palin: She heeds her own advice. Coming only days after Ms. Palin was drawn into the Arizona shooting drama, news that the former Alaska Governor and potential presidential aspirant will headline a gun-friendly hunting convention Jan. 29 fits her famous stump phrase: "Don't retreat, reload." It is a philosophy that defines Palin as a political figure and also points to how closely her own public persona echoes that of the American gun culture she promotes....

Guns In U.S. Politics: 10 Recent Examples
In the wake of the Saturday shooting of in Tucson, Ariz., Rep. Peter King (D-N.Y) announced he will introduce Legislation to make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official -- but if recent political events are any indication, there's been little interest in separating guns and U.S. politics. Just last year, Giffords's Republican opponent Jesse Kelly encouraged voters to join him in rallying to oust Giffords from office by shooting a fully-loaded Assault Rifle: "Get o...

Christie Says Palin Needs to Go Unscripted to Contend for 2012
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says it’s way too early to handicap the field of his fellow Republicans who might run for president in 2012, but on Wednesday he voiced a few sharp words about the most famous one. He argued that unscripted, even adversarial exchanges with reporters and the public are essential to judging a Candidate, and that if Sarah Palin continues to avoid them, “she’ll never be president.” At a lunch with New York Times Journalists and the newspaper’s pub

Afternoon Fix: Reince Priebus elected Republican National Committee chairman; Chris Christie to headline NRCC fundraising dinner
Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) will headline the NRCC's spring Fundraising dinner; and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) says he's gearing up for a Tea Party-backed challenger. Liveblogging the Republican National Committee Chair race! Who had the Worst Week in Washington? Sarah Palin * Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus has been elected chairman of the Republican National...

Chris Christie to headline NRCC dinner in Washington (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Top 10 prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft [SLIDESHOW] Chris Christie to headline NRCC dinner in Washington Former Carter pollster Pat Caddell: NY Times columnist Krugman 'a flat-out asshole' Tea Party Express reportedly took thousands in donations from dead woman TheDC sports columnist Andy Hayes: NFL Playoff picks The National Republican Congressional Committee has picked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to keynote its annual Fundraising dinner on March 30,...

Christie Will Be Keynote Speaker at N.R.C.C. Dinner
As if any more confirmation were needed that Republicans see Chris Christie as a national star, New Jersey’s Governor will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual dinner, the committee announced on Friday. The dinner will be held March 30 at the National Building Museum in Washington.             Back in July, when Mr. Christie had been in office for less than six months, the National Governors Ass

Gov. Christie Taps Former Colleague for Possible Judgeship
Gov. Chris Christie filed a notice of intent to nominate Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Gallucio and two other New Jersey area lawyers for Superior Court Judgeships on Thursday, the North Jersey News reported. The trio will need to be formally nominated and must be confirmed by the state Senate. They are among a group of 39 nominations that Christie, a Republican, announced Thursday, including posts also needing Senate approval, like seats on state commissions and university boards of trustees. G...

NJ Gov. Chris Christie wants to end teacher tenure and he's not alone
Just this week, state officials in New Jersey, Florida, and Idaho have called for the elimination of teacher tenure, and more states plan to join the debate....

NYT Film Critic Accidentally Writes Column About Politics
As I was reading Friday’s movie reviews in the NYT, the headline “Defy the Elite! Wait, Which Elite?” jumped out at me.  Since I’ve always been fascinated by the right’s success in appropriating that term, I clicked over to read A.O. Scott’s essay.  Looks like movie and entertainment critics are in the same boat we are: [Neal] Gabler begins with the assertion that, “as anyone who has ever wiggled in his seat at a classical music concert or stared in disb

Town meeting attendee confronts GOP freshman over health reform repeal
Guess what happens when a congressional Town Meeting audience isn't created by the Koch brothers or fueled by Fox News? There's a different kind of confrontation. Here's what happened at a meeting earlier this week at Ohio’s Walsh University, with GOP Rep. Jim Renacci (OH). FONTE: You’ve said you want to Repeal the Health Care law and replace it. There’s a lot of things that took effect that help seniors. Once you Repeal it, what happens to all that? And what are you going to ...

Christie Tells Palin to go off Script
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says it's way too early to handicap the field of his fellow Republicans who might run for president in 2012, but on Wednesday he voiced a few sharp words about the most famous one. He argued that unscripted, even adversarial exchanges with reporters and the public are essential to judging a Candidate, and that if Sarah Palin continues to avoid them, "she'll never be president." You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excess...

Man of Steele FALLS from grace, Priebus WINS bid to be (R) Chairman.
Michael Steele now former Chairman of the Republican Party loses his bid leaving the Party in $20 million in Debt. Replacing Michael Steele is Reince Priebus winning 97 votes cast by the 168 Party members. A total of 85 votes are needed to win. What drove Party members to consider Reince Priebus was his diverse range of support that covers the country. For Reince Priebus his focus will be to unify the Party further, raise donation levels and help insure the next President of the United States to...

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THE PERSECUTION AND Assassination OF Sarah Palin AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES AT THE Cato Institute UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON. Lawyers, Guns & Money informs me that the Washington Times has gone Sarah Palin's blood Libel malarkey one better, declaring that recent criticism of La Palin is "simply the latest round of an ongoing Pogrom against conservative thinkers." A pogrom, yet! Their persecution mania was already so far beyond parody that I hardly know what to call this ...